hud

n. A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion. “A huddle of ideas.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our adversary, huddling several suppositions together, . . . makes a medley and confusion. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; -- usually with a following preposition or adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle together. “Huddle up a peace.” J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let him forescat his work with timely care,
Which else is huddled when the skies are fair. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now, in all haste, they huddle on
Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Huddled p. pr. & vb. n. Huddling ] [ Cf. OE. hoderen, hodren, to cover, keep, warm; perh. akin to OE. huden, hiden, to hide, E. hide, and orig. meaning, to get together for protection in a safe place. Cf. Hide to conceal. ] To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cattle huddled on the lea. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Huddling together on the public square . . . like a herd of panic-struck deer. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who huddles things together. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Similar to, or in the style of, the poem “Hudibras, ” by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of small evergreen subshrubs of North America.
Syn. -- genus Hudsonia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]